Browse: Tallis - Purge me, O Lord

Everywhere [Skinner] negotiates an ear-opening path through the changing shapes and densities of Tallis’s ever-fluid formulations; the polyphony is delineated with laser-sharp precision, and... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2018, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The Tallis Scholars produce a distilled, transparent sound and the spiritual tone of their performance is one of serene contemplation through which the Requiem's ecstatic 'external light' shines. — BBC Music Magazine, September 2005, 5 out of 5 stars More…

During periods of Protestant ascendancy, Tallis (like his contemporaries) was compelled to move with the times and write in a style that pleased the religious authorities; these periods gave... — David Smith, Presto Music, October 2014 More…

Carwood moulds the structures to great effect, with wide ranging dynamics from hushed groupings of eight voices to the full force. — BBC Music Magazine, December 2016, 5 out of 5 stars More…

a varied treasure trove of seldom heard but extremely affecting music, nicely sung and spliced together with some darkly-glittering string In Nomines played by Fretwork...[They] easily persuade... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…